Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa. Comprising a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a descriptive history of the county named herein, and numerous selected...

The History of Dubuque County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &
Biographical Sketches of Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and...

One adult day dress with a bustle and multiple overskirts, pagoda sleeves with tassels on opening from elbow to wrist, tassels on overskirts and shoulder/back area, hat has flower and ribbons. Young women's dresses are shorter with smaller bustles...

Heavily trimmed day dress with bustle, small train, long sleeves with ribbons on shoulders and high neckline, with fringed overskirt. One riding habit with a simpler skirt and smaller bustle, open front blazer-style jacket with loose sleeves,...

Two day dresses with bustles, underskirt has no trim, single overskirt on each has ruffle trim, sash with bow on one, both have pagoda sleeves with trim at wrist, v-lines in bodice, one has a hat with flowers and a parasol, the other has a ribbon...

Two heavily trimmed day dresses with bustles, multiple flounced and ruffled overskirts, large bows at hips. One has a small hat with flowers, ribbons and bows, the other has jacket bodice with pagoda sleeves and lace under sleeves with scarf tied...

Portrait of Edgar W. Stanton . George Washington Carver’s professor in plane geometry. Edgar W. Stanton served Iowa State continuously from his graduation in 1872 until his death in 1920. He was made Head of the Mathematics Department in 1874,...

Box 1, Folder 16: The speech was given during the first commencement ceremony for Iowa Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). Welch discusses character, morality, integrety, and that fortune will not necessarily come to the graduates...

Letters from Mary Newbury Adams (1837-1901) to her sister Frances and brother-in-law John. The letters contain a mixture of family and day-to-day news, with mentions of organizations in which Mary was active.

Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...